Chapter 2: Lunch

Sonja walked into her second block class, showed her schedule to the teacher, and went to a seat in the back of the class.

"Hey, my name is Angela."

Sonja looked to her right at the girl sitting beside her. "Sonja."

"The girl in front of you is Courtney, and the one to your left is Sonam." Both girls turned to look at her and waved.

"Hey," she mumbled.

"Soooo, why don't you eat with us at lunch?"

"Okay, but a friend might sit with us if you guys don't mind?"

"That's fine. What's her name?"

"His. And it's Nikolai."

"Oh, um…ok. Do you know him well?"

"Yeah, we grew up together. Then we moved her together."

"Oh, well, then totally."

"Okay, class let's get started…" Mr. Lorry said as he began to write on the board.

R I I N N G G

"Just follow us and we'll show you where we sit."

They walked to the lunch room, fixed their plates, then went and sat down at a table in the back.

"So, tell us what your friend looks like." Courtney said.

"How about I just show you?"

"Um…how do you plan to do that?"

"Well, you see the guy that is at the burger bar? Fourth one in the lline?"

"Yeah. Ooh, he's hot."

"That's Nikolai."

"Ooohh," then she stood up and yelled, "Nikolai, over here!!!!!!"

Sonam and Angela just shook their heads.

"Is she always like this?" Sonja asked.

"Yes!" they said in unison.

Nikolai came and sat down next to Sonja, "Hey, girl."

"Hey, Nikolai. Um, where's Dante?"

"Didn't get out of bed this morning. So, I left him. Mom's probably mad as hell, too."

"Hang on," Courtney broke in, "who's Dante? If you don't mind me asking."

Nicolai laughed, "Dante's my twin."

"So, there's two of you?"

"Well, I wouldn't say that." Sonja said.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, you see, Dante looks like Nikolai in his features, but that's about it. He doesn't have Nikolai's personality, in fact, he's the exact opposite."

"You'll probably see him tomorrow. Mom wanted him to come to school today, but he didn't get up."

"Oh, great another guy for Court to obsess over." Angela said.

"I don't obsess over anyone." Courtney said.

"Hey, guys, who's he?" Sonja asked as she pointed a tall, muscular guy in the line at the meat bar. His hair was shaggy, about shoulder length, the color was black with blonde streaks, and he was approximately 6 foot 3. And when he looked up toward their table, Sonja saw that his eyes were ice blue.

"Oh, you mean my brother Kyle? Ugh, he's coming over here. Dammit." Courtney answered.

"Hey, Court, move over and make room will ya'."

"I…ah…gotta go. Bye, guys." Sonja said as she jumped up, grabbed her plate, then went to put it in its place to be washed.

Nikolai excused himself from the table and tried to follow her, but she was too fast and he couldn't find her.